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RE: An Ingenious Pot Holder! - Simple things that make Life more Fun

If he can make a walking cupboard, he'll make millions. Imagine, no more going to the cupboard, the cupboard would come to us:) By the way, here in Ireland we call a cupboard a press!

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Oh yes, if the table made more then only one step, it would be a thing. :-) I haven't heard that press can be a shelf or table either. A hint I found is in https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=press

Weightlifting sense is from 1908.
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This from Wikipedia highlighted in yellow.

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We'd say 'Put it in the press' instead of 'Put it in the cupboard'.

That's a good one, thanks! A pity that there's no details on "an old word".

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